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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Lisa Johnson |Sarah Ritchie |Aaron Walker |David Baxter
Discussion online and a recent inquiry to the newsroom has sparked discussion about the accuracy and application of “Made in Canada” labels on grocery products. The shopper noted inconsistencies at local grocery store chains, where some produce items bore the label while others, like seafood, did not.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Nicole Ireland |Paola Loriggio |Michael Tutton |Lisa Johnson
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will deliver a livestreamed address this afternoon to outline the province’s path forward with Prime Minister Mark Carney's government. Smith has said she will be looking to strike a "What's Next" panel to poll Albertans on issues they want to see addressed after last week's federal election.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Lisa Johnson |Stéphane Blais |Keith Doucette
Alberta’s New Democratic Party has voted overwhelmingly to cut traditional membership ties with its federal counterpart. Delegates in Edmonton voted Saturday to allow provincial members to opt out of joining the federal NDP, a move Leader Naheed Nenshi campaigned on last year. In adopting the measure, the party is shedding what many considered a political albatross.
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2 weeks ago | 
castanet.net | Matthew Scace |Lisa Johnson |Dylan Robertson |Jordan Omstead
The Canadian Press - | Story: 547810The sex assault trial of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team is expected to hear more testimony today from Taylor Raddysh, an NHL player who was also on the 2018 world junior team. Raddysh, who plays for the Washington Capitals, took the stand remotely from Arlington, Va., on Wednesday afternoon.
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2 weeks ago | 
castanet.net | Matthew Scace |Lisa Johnson |Dylan Robertson |Jordan Omstead
The Town of Canmore will soon begin taxing homeowners who leave their residences empty for more than half the year as part of the Alberta community's bid to reverse course on an affordability crisis that has made it one of the most expensive places to live in Canada. The new levy, which the town is calling a "livability tax," has become a big topic in the small mountain town.
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1 month ago | 
castanet.net | Brittany Hobson |Jim Bronskill |Catherine Morrison |Lisa Johnson
Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press - Apr 1, 2025 / 5:57 pm | Story: 541999First Nations leaders in Manitoba say the search of a landfill for the victim of a serial killer must include recovery efforts for another First Nations woman who vanished more than a decade ago. Tanya Nepinak was last seen in Winnipeg in September 2011 and police believe her body was dumped in a garbage bin and taken to the Brady Road landfill in the city.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
castanet.net | Lisa Johnson |Jack Farrell
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, fresh off a weekend visit with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, says if Ottawa uses an energy embargo to combat the incoming administration's promised tariffs, it would spark a "national unity crisis.""Oil and gas is owned by the provinces, principally Alberta, and we won't stand for that," Smith told reporters in a virtual news conference Monday.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
castanet.net | Fakiha Baig |Lisa Johnson
Canada's emergency preparedness minister says Canadian military personnel, their equipment and another 250 firefighters stand "ready to support our American neighbours" as wildfires devastate parts of Southern California. Harjit Sajjan says in a social media post that "Team Canada, with Ontario, Quebec, and Alberta, is ready to deploy 250 firefighters, aircraft equipment, and other resources as early as" Thursday night.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
castanet.net | Lisa Johnson
LGBTQ+ advocate organizations say they're working as quickly as possible to ask a court to stop the Alberta government from bringing into force a transgender law they say will cause immediate harm. The Alberta government's law will ban doctors from providing gender-affirming treatment such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy for those under 16.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
castanet.net | Lisa Johnson |Jack Farrell
The Alberta government has confirmed new rules for wind and solar energy projects it says are needed to protect the environment, food security and the province's scenery. The new regulations stem from Premier Danielle Smith's February announcement that Alberta was going to take an "agriculture first" approach towards renewable energy development moving forward following the government-imposed seven-month moratorium on project approvals in 2023.
